Ces radiol. 2010, 64(1):34-36

Persistent superior vena cava - magnetic resonanceCase report

Jana Mištinová¹, Alexander Jurko², Jozef Bilický¹

¹ I. rádiologická klinika Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Komenského a FNsP, Bratislava, Slovenská republika

² Pediatrická kardiológia, Martin, Slovenská republika

Persistent left superior vena cava is quite rare congenital venous anomaly. The cause of this anomaly is failure of the closure of the left superior vena cava. In most of the cases the patient is asymptomatic, but there is often association with other congenital heart diseases as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defects, Tetralogy of Fallot, coarctation of aorta and rythm disturbances. In this case report of one patient, we are showing the possibility of detailed imaging not only of the heart, but also the surrounding structures with magnetic resonance in patient with persistent left superior vena cava, with coarctation of aorta, which was previously operated.

Keywords: coarctation of aorta, echocardiography, magnetic resonance, persintent superior vena cava

Grants and funding:

mistinova@rezonancia.sk

Accepted: February 21, 2010; Published: March 1, 2010  Show citation